I have been teaching foreign languages since This year, I will be teaching Spanish 2, AP Spanish, French 5 and AP French at Loudoun County High. Prior to teaching in Loudoun, I taught in Fairfax and was a proposal manager for a telecommunications firm. I have spent many years living abroad in Africa, East and Western Europe, the Caribbean and Central America. BA from Penn State MS from Johns Hopkins University Please feel free to contact me as needed at

 The Advanced Placement  The Advanced Placement  (AP) Spanish Language and Culture course is designed to offer students a proficiency based, rigorous college level experience to maximize their potential in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational skills in Spanish.  The curriculum will incorporate the six AP Global Themes: Global Challenges, Personal and Public Identities, Science and Technology, Families and Communities, Contemporary Life, and Beauty and Aesthetics.

Students are expected to:  Communicate in Spanish.  Read passages and answer reading comprehension questions, to include inference questions.  Participate in an in-depth conversation on one of the six AP global themes.

Students are expected to:  Give a 2 minute oral presentation on one of the six AP global themes, synthesizing their thoughts while commenting on and comparing provided sources (audio, written, charts…)  Create an interpersonal writing such as an or a letter based on a given prompt.  Write an essay based on a prompt on one of the six AP global themes, synthesizing their thoughts while commenting on and comparing provided sources (audio, written, charts…)

 Ask him/her  Check Mrs. Olsen’s LCPS Staff Webpage:  CLARITY Available to parents within the 1 st quarter:  grades, upcoming assignments, missing assignments, teacher comments …  Mrs.

 Summative: 70% Essays, mock AP exams, oral presentations, projects and quizzes.  Formative: 30% Classwork, journals, debates, exit tickets, homework, oral participation, use of target language, warm-ups. EXTRA CREDIT?

 Summative: Projects Expect 1 per quarter. Students will be given 1 month to complete.  Formative: Homework Homework is graded for completion. EXTRA CREDIT?

 Work hard in class = a lot less homework  Participate  Be respectful of yourself and others  Have a good attitude and do your best  Utilize classroom time wisely  Expect to work in groups often and IN SPANISH  Expect use of technology  No pop quizzes. All graded work will be announced in advance in class and on website.

No using cell phones, no texting in this classroom. If you do, Mrs. Olsen will take it to the office and your parents will pick it up. Cell phones are not allowed on desks in this classroom.

 Thank you for trusting me with your child’s education.  My goal in teaching Spanish is to further develop each student’s ability to express him(or her)self in an articulate and intelligent manner.